MANION, LOUIS WALLACE, 84, went to be with his Lord, November 4, 2009.
He was a retired employee of Dupont, an Army veteran of World War II, serving with the 82nd Airborne Division, 508 Reg. and was a member of their Ky. Chapter Assoc., a member of the Harmonics of Louisville, and Shively Christian Church.
Survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Martha Jean (Jenkins) Manion; his children, Louis W. Manion, Jr., Steve Manion (Margie), Debbie Piper (Darell), Diane Knabel (Joe), Karen Sue Keener (David), Shirley Joseph (Vernon) and Mark Manion; 16 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and his sister, Mary Juanita Manion.
Funeral: 11 a.m. Saturday at Owen Funeral Home, 5317 Dixie Highway with burial in Beth Haven Cemetery. Visitation: 11 a.m. 8 p.m. Friday.